Season 2

James Price is an Academy and BAFTA Award Winning Production Designer. His films include Poor Things, The Iron Claw, and The Nest.

FDP Host - Max Lincoln is a Production Designer for Commercials and Music Videos.


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Highlights:

From stone masonry to the art department / From Assistant to Art Director / Art Direction to Designer on SOUTHCLIFFE and working with Sean Durkin

POOR THINGS: Starting POOR THINGS during COVID / Working as Co-designers and collaboration / Design through collage / Prepping in London and then Budapest / Scheduling massive builds / Composite sets / Texture across the design & creating Lisbon / Shooting in black and white / Creating Paris / Creating the Boat / Working with LED screens & the Volume / The ‘horse’ carriage / London exteriors & Baxters / Creating Alfies House / Positives of Wallpaper / How colour changes between film and digital / Keeping up moral with crazy hours and looking after your team / Set decoration on POOR THINGS / Miniatures

THE IRON CLAW: The responsibility of recreating reality / The Sportatorium / Creating the Families ranch

THE NEST: Creating ‘80s London

Closing Questions:

Coping with Dyslexia in your professional life / What he looks for in assistants / Life post-OSCAR & BAFTA


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Credits


Guest: James Price Website

Show's Creator: Max Lincoln instagram.com/maxlincolnart / maxlincoln.net

Intro Track Composed by Sam McGrail instagram.com/sammcgrail93

Intro Track Mixed by Max Bloom instagram.com/maxbloommusic

Art Work by Alec Jagodzinski instagram.com/alec__ok


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Links

Film & TV Talent Lists for Underrepresented Groups - Worldwide: Lookbeyondthelist.com

Season 2

Inbal Weinberg is a Production Designer whose projects include Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Suspiria and The Lost Daughter

Kalina Ivanov is a Production Designer whose projects include The Tender Bar, HBO’s Lovecraft Country and Grey Gardens https://www.kalinaivanov.com/

FDP Host - Max Lincoln is a Production Designer for Commercials and Music Videos.


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Highlights:

Intros and immigrating to the US / Starting the Production Designers Collective / Loneliness of being a HOD / What is the Production Designers Collective? / Two Case Studies: Suspiria (2018) vs Lovecraft Country s1 / Research & working from previous IP / Learning from your work / Lookbooks / Finding images / Working with concept artists / Finding your crew & collaborators / Budgeting / Working abroad / What they look for in assistants / Production Designers Gather & International Production Design Week


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Credits


Guest: Inbal Weinberg Website


Guest: Kalina Ivanov Website

Show's Creator: Max Lincoln instagram.com/maxlincolnart / maxlincoln.net

Intro Track Composed by Sam McGrail instagram.com/sammcgrail93

Intro Track Mixed by Max Bloom instagram.com/maxbloommusic

Art Work by Alec Jagodzinski instagram.com/alec__ok


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Links

Production Design Week

Production Designers Collective

Film & TV Talent Lists for Underrepresented Groups - Worldwide: Lookbeyondthelist.com

Season 2 Grant Major is an Academy Award-winning Production Designer. Designing films such as The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, The Power of the Dog, Mulan, & King Kong

FDP Host - Max Lincoln is a Production Designer for Commercials and Music Videos.


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Highlights:


From New Zealand to the BBC & back to New Zealand / Designing LORD OF THE RINGS / Playing with perspective between Hobbits and other characters / Using miniatures & bigatures / Matte Paintings / Designing battlegrounds / Collaborating with costume on armour / Digital extras / Designing the different looks of the groups of Middle Earth / The Tower of Barad-dûr / The Mines of Moria / Creating the world of Mulan & the Tang dynasty / Designing for VFX / The throne room / Finale fight on scaffolding / Creating the fortresses / Creating the volcanic floor / Creating the look of The Power of the Dog / Designing the house / Colour: A reductionist theme / Pareidolia / Creating the jungles of King Kong / Pre visualisation and working with VFX / What he looks for in an assistant / The collaborative nature of the process / Dealing with anxiety & starting a new project / Favourite part of the job


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Credits
Guest: Grant Major IMDB

Show's Creator: Max Lincoln instagram.com/maxlincolnart / maxlincoln.net

Intro Track Composed by Sam McGrail instagram.com/sammcgrail93

Intro Track Mixed by Max Bloom instagram.com/maxbloommusic

Art Work by Alec Jagodzinski instagram.com/alec__ok


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Links Film & TV Talent Lists for Underrepresented Groups - Worldwide: Lookbeyondthelist.com